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as signiGCant issue, such as an agricWhrtel operation. in-vevsel is [be most capital-ivimsive, but typically ryoircs the lean space and is used where Imd is a[ a premium end odorwnhol is importmt. Some W-vessel syetmsa have attempted to inwmomle not oNy eowoe-separated m'gmics but also mixed solid w¢cte( caw waste). Static pile methods are¢wmpromise ivterme ofboth capital aquipmmt and laM requiremmrs batwem the Grct two appcoeehes. Compos+sblc materials ere placed iu a pile, wiN a biological based flmr for m odor wnbol and usuWlycovered with a pemimmt roof systav to cegWate moisture avd temperature. A conaolled sir anemr is blowy ttwugh thepiles mtil compost ie made NExed waste pmae emg (aaitities M1ave gmerelly been msuwessfal either teclurically, mazkM-wise orboth, although IwMUlogy is impmvm6 the product iu the new gmemdon of facidtles. TTme arc ongoing concave abort and-market uses ofmixed waste compost Where these syncros esefblly produce a pmdact its psee are typically limimd to mginnerivg applications such as NMSII wvar or erasion wntmL but not agrlmlmrW ar hortleulnnW oPPlicetlons. Nlhvugh there ma composting aucccee s[oriaa vationally, in recent yeas sevavl large-ecalq cmnnllzed compostvg facilities have hem closed. These mcluda Agi-Pen'e windrow facility in Dade County, Florida, ¢ publicly-owned facility in Pembroke Pmes, Florida, a Portlmd Oregon hcility buW ov the Dmo in-vessel teclvalogy and mother one m Wright Couvty, Mimesom. Those drat failed were primarily desi~ad orbWlt farmixed waste composting. mhos have failed to be sited due m concems about potential odors, flnmdW ursenaimydue to lack of flow cvmml combined with compefition tram cbe~er Imdfille, aM concems about anbome 1WerobiW diseases raring from the composting opastiovs. Same facilities that have closed were built Car courts sepazntM Orgmics. Thus there is some techvical,f racial and roarket risk ivvolved Nanmmdngm site or buildafmiGty fm cmtr¢lized wmposting. Covecqucutly, the mixed wane approach fast e ofthe composting melhodoingies examined) has not m W s pointbem seriously considered for prongs Comty doe to the questionableprodvct goelity and gmaal lock ofsuccess elsmvhue in this ountry. Other composting epprmches using source-sepazated waste were considered but other waste reduction strategee wam Wtimataly seleciN far mclusiav in tba Ormga County Solid Waste Mavagcmmt Plm. 1996 WESTON Study Cmtralized composdng of We "wet" vs orgatde fi¢etion o£waste was evaluated es part of one oftlte flues solid waaro management plm optioria wdally evaluated by K2STON, the crosulting fine used to develop the semazioe from which the LandfE Ovmere Group seleet~ the solid waste plm in 1996 (see "Systems Evaluation" excerpt Gom the Apri1199fi WGSTON report). A diffurot sceratlo was chosen and mdors iby member governments ofthe Landfill Owners Group, with input Gam the Citizens Solid Waste Advisory Committee. l'he mncrynW system eeleMed was less costly and involved less potential ttthnicW risk, bothad a somewhat lower divemiov pomndW, then the system thaz woWd have NCWdM cmtrWiart compostine. TM selected system combined We frllowingmeasures: • reel, cornningled recycling wlleGivnpmdam, • materials recovery facility and • strmgtheved education, ontreaeh end recycling incentive programs.